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Thursday, September 24, 2015

Primark breastfeeding woman lied about security guard

A mother has
admitted falsely claiming a Primark security guard took her baby from
her while she was breastfeeding and ordered her out of the store.

Caroline
Starmer, 28, appeared at Leicester Crown Court, where she pleaded
guilty to a charge of intent to pervert the course of justice.
Starmer, of Marshall Street, Leicester, had claimed her nine-month-old daughter was grabbed from her breast.
She was warned she could be jailed when sentenced in December.
In
a Facebook post, she claimed the guard took hold of her daughter and
marched off towards the exit of the Humberstone Gate store in Leicester
on 13 July.The story was widely reported in the media and in
interviews she claimed a male security guard grabbed the child from her
breast.
In the post, she said she picked a quiet spot in Primark
to feed her daughter but was then challenged by a security guard who
asked her to leave.
"I stood my ground and stated my rights, that I can legally feed where I want," she wrote.
"Just
for the security officer to physically remove my daughter from my
breast and walk down the store with her, saying if I wanted my daughter,
then I was to come and get her."
Leicestershire Police investigated her claims but she was charged with intent to pervert he course of justice.
Primark
initially said it would investigate the allegation but after viewing
in-store CCTV footage denied the incident had taken place.
The case was adjourned until 3 December for reports to be prepared.